Hyungjoo Han 

Associate – Washington
T.+1 202 862 2355
hyungjoo.han@cwt.com
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006 V-CARD

Hyungjoo Han advises clients on government investigations, white collar criminal defense, and complex commercial, securities, and corporate governance litigation and arbitration matters.

Hyungjoo previously served as a Trial Attorney with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where she investigated and prosecuted matters involving health care fraud, wire fraud, Anti-Kickback Statute violations, and money laundering.

Drawing on nearly a decade of experience in private practice and public service, she has handled all phases of litigation in state and federal court. Her experience spans fact and expert discovery, motion practice, and appellate proceedings, with particular depth in matters involving the DOJ, SEC, and other federal agencies.

Hyungjoo maintains an active pro bono practice, having represented a military family in landlord actions in state and federal court and a victim of domestic violence in a VAWA self-petition. She previously served as chair of the Firm’s Asian Pacific American Attorney Resource Group and as a Fellow of the New York City Bar Association’s Associate Leadership Institute.

  • Advising a healthcare company in an FCPA monitorship arising from charges brought by the DOJ and the SEC.
  • Advising a municipality in responding to a grand jury subpoena and conducting an internal investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption.
  • Advising a hedge fund and its managers in federal district court litigation against a former seeding partner.
  • Advising a medical robotics company in multiple securities class actions brought under the Exchange Act.
  • Advising a client in securing dismissal of a criminal indictment by the Manhattan DA, with successful appeals before the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals.

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Hyungjoo Han 

Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • Texas

Clerkship

  • Hon John P. Cronan
    U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School
    J.D.
  • Northwestern University
    B.A., summa cum laude